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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Felix Cardosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Kennedy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kennedy's choice of entrance music: Dropkick Murphys - Rocky Road to Dublin. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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198 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Felix Cardosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dan Kennedy!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Reed Andrews and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Cardosa misses the target.
Cardosa scores with a one two! Kennedy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kennedy misses with a hook
and Cardosa counters with a nice uppercut.
Cardosa lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kennedy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kennedy clinches up with Cardosa and pushes him back against the cage.
Cardosa misses with the head strike.
Kennedy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cardosa.
Kennedy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kennedy throws an elbow that misses.
Kennedy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cardosa blocks the elbow strike.
Kennedy missing with knees to the body.
Cardosa tries to circle away but Kennedy has him pinned against the cage.
Kennedy pushes off an throws an elbow but Cardosa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kennedy pushes off an throws an elbow but Cardosa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardosa lands a shot to the body.
Kennedy tries to score a body lock takedown but Cardosa shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Cardosa tries to throw a body punch but Kennedy avoids it by throwing Cardosa back against the cage.
Cardosa taking a breather.
Cardosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Kennedy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cardosa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kennedy misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kennedy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cardosa's brow.
Cardosa slowing the pace effectively.
Kennedy throws an elbow but it misses.
Cardosa lands with a right to the head.
Cardosa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kennedy wants to stall.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cardosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cardosa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kennedy lands an elbow just above Cardosa 's eye.
Kennedy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Cardosa.
Kennedy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kennedy is pushing Cardosa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kennedy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kennedy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cardosa blocks an elbow strike from Kennedy.
Cardosa blocks the elbow strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cardosa takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kennedy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardosa has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Kennedy after a bit of a struggle.
Cardosa is trying to stall.
Cardosa avoids the elbow strike from Kennedy, against the cage.
Kennedy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cardosa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cardosa misses with some punches.
Kennedy throws an elbow but it misses.
Kennedy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kennedy looking to slow down the pace here.
Kennedy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cardosa's defenses.
Kennedy lands a damaging elbow.
Kennedy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kennedy throws an elbow but it misses.
Kennedy throws an elbow that misses.
Cardosa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardosa with a poor takedown
and Kennedy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kennedy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cardosa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cardosa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kennedy throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kennedy throws an elbow but misses.
Cardosa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Cardosa fails to land.
Cardosa works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Cardosa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kennedy is keeping the position for now.
Kennedy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cardosa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felix Cardosa dominated that round.
That's time! Cardosa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kennedy drives through and clinches with Cardosa against the cage.
Kennedy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kennedy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cardosa misses with some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kennedy throws an elbow but misses.
Kennedy lands a nice elbow.
Kennedy lands a damaging elbow.
Cardosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cardosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cardosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kennedy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cardosa throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Cardosa fails to land.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cardosa prevents a takedown attempt there.
Cardosa wants to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardosa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kennedy is looking to take this one to the mat.
A head punch on the inside from Cardosa fails to land.
Cardosa scores with a shot to the side of Kennedy's head.
Cardosa wants a takedown but no success here.
Cardosa misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cardosa.
Kennedy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cardosa avoids the elbow strike from Kennedy, against the cage.
Cardosa misses with the head strike.
Kennedy misses with an elbow strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy taking a breather.
Cardosa is trying to push Kennedy away but Kennedy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cardosa presses Kennedy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kennedy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dan Kennedy.
Kennedy instigates a clinch.
Cardosa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kennedy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cardosa up against the cage.
Cardosa is trying to maintain a safe position but Kennedy gets an underhook and turns Cardosa into the cage.
Cardosa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cardosa takes an elbow to the temple.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Cardosa fails to land.
Kennedy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cardosa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cardosa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kennedy backwards.
Cardosa throws a head punch that misses.
Felix Cardosa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Cardosa on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cardosa.
Cardosa working aggressively here.
Kennedy throws an elbow but it misses.
Cardosa misses with the head strike.
Cardosa blocks a body shot from Kennedy.
Cardosa blocks an elbow strike.
Cardosa avoiding damage as Kennedy throws knees to the body.
Cardosa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cardosa lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardosa working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kennedy is looking to control Cardosa's arms but Cardosa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kennedy has his back to the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cardosa.
Cardosa blocks the elbow strike.
Cardosa avoids a wild elbow strike from Kennedy.
Cardosa wants to break free but Kennedy has control.
Cardosa avoids the elbow strike from Kennedy, against the cage.
Kennedy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kennedy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cardosa lands with a light punch inside.
Kennedy is rocked!
Cardosa throws a punch but it's blocked by Kennedy.
Kennedy is still on wobbly legs! Can Cardosa finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kennedy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kennedy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kennedy seems to have recovered his senses.
Cardosa is working Kennedy over against the cage.
Cardosa blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felix Cardosa dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Cardosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kennedy was well out of range. Poor timing from Cardosa.
A big right from Cardosa misses.
Cardosa lands a left and a right that send Kennedy crashing to the mat, dazed. Cardosa thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cardosa cracks Kennedy with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Kennedy falls to his knees and Cardosa doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Felix Cardosa!
Felix Cardosa thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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